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Professor Fired for ‘Inciting Violence’ to Be Reinstated
A district court judge on Friday ordered that Thomas Alter, a recently tenured associate professor of history at Texas State...
Charlie Kirk: Hero of ‘Civil Discourse’ or Fount of Division?
Pointing to the slain activist’s inflammatory statements about minority groups, some are pushing back—at their own peril—against the right’s framing of him as an emblem of quality discourse.
Opinion
In Defense of Distasteful Faculty Speech
The wave of faculty firings following Charlie Kirk’s killing is a dangerous development for First Amendment principles, Nicholas Creel writes.
Texas Tech System Prohibits Academic Discussions on Trans Identity
The Texas Tech University system has ordered all faculty to refrain from classroom discussions of transgender identity, The Texas Tribune...
Judge Reinstates South Dakota Prof Fired for Kirk Comments
A South Dakota district court judge ordered the University of South Dakota on Wednesday to reinstate Michael Hook, a tenured...
Angelo State Allows LGBQ Discussions, Holds Firm on Anti-Trans Policies
Directives related to a slate of convoluted and sometimes contradictory new policies prohibiting discussion of transgender topics and identity have...
Angelo State May Ban Pride Flags, Pronouns and Preferred Names
The new policies, if fully implemented, will also prohibit any discussion of transgender topics. It’s the latest assault on academic freedom at Texas public institutions.
Texas State Prof Sues, Claiming Free Speech, Contract Violations
A tenured Texas State University professor who was terminated earlier this month after allegedly inciting violence during a speech has...